@StephenMcDonn, Hi there, I've looked at your posts with real interest and first off I want to apologise for the seemingly late reply. The 3Community Admins were out of office last week and our supporting moderators did not have access to your comments. But I'm here now!
You're right in saying that the Competition Winners lists haven't been updated since June and the views have dropped. During COVID restrictions, there were significantly less competitions on 3Plus and when a winner is called, they are asked if we have permission to post their name publicly. The 3Plus team then sends us over the list of winners. Things are changing and 3Plus have a whole load of competitions and offers lined up for the coming months
Next, I'd love to know where you heard that rumour! The 3Plus team are a small handful of people and winners are chosen at random but that team only. It's strange that the rumour you mentioned implies that random 3Staff pick the winners .I assure you that employees are not, ever where or ever will be a competition winner. Part of the t/c's call out that you cannot be a Three employee, we can, however, avail of the discounts and Presales. For 3Plus Competition T/C's click here
"Competitions are open to all 3Plus members, excluding employees of Three Ireland (Hutchison) Limited or Three Ireland Services (Hutchison) Limited, or any of their subsidiary companies, their families, agents or anyone else connected with this Competition."
As this is a Community, your "rank" goes up every time you log in, post, give kudos or even accept a solution. Ranking up gives you extra abilities on 3Community. You may have noticed that when you did rank up to "lookout" you were able to send a PM.
Lastly, we have an Everything 3Plus Group Hub, and pretty soon the competition winners will be posted there AND with a new look. Have you joined the group and did you know that you can send future queries to the 3Plus Expert? click here
Hope that covers everything, if not, pop over to the group hub 👌